joanna waugh (6 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 4th Printing. 4th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1140). Includes publisher's slipcase. Fine book in near fine slipcase. Slipcase faintly scuffed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2003 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A collection of humorous vignettes by various authors, with contributions by William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, Charles Dickens, Winston S. Churchill, the Queen of England, G.K. Chesterton, P.G. Wodehouse, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, etc., etc. Ever since Chaucer's day, when the host of the Tabard Inn in Southwark rose to welcome the Canterbury Pilgrims with a joke, the After Dinner Speech, designed, if possible, to reduce the assembled company to helpless merriment, has presented the ultimate challenge. The best speakers are natural story-tellers - Gerard Hoffnung, reading a selection of letters from continental hoteliers: 'There is a French widow in every bedroom affording delightful prospects'; John Mortimer telling the woeful tale of a man's numerous unsuccessful attempts to murder his wife: 'At no time did Mrs Scott feel that the magic had gone out of their marriage' - and in this collection of post-prandial treasures you will find the very best of them, from Groucho Marx on how to resist a femme fatale, to Ralph Steadman surreally addressing the Lewis Carroll Centenary Dinner. 'Goodness', said a friend on greeting Mae West, 'where did you get those beautiful pearls?' 'Goodness', replied Mae, 'had nothing to do with it.' Shaggy dog stories, practical jokes, sporting anecdotes, rousing toasts, travellers' tales and risque reminiscences rub shoulders in this essential collection with real-life revelations and moments of history. Among the guests are Peter Ustinov, Jilly Cooper, Brian Johnstone, Charles Dickens, Dorothy Parker, Robertson Davies, Henry Grady and A.P. Herbert. There is food and drink in abundance. There is gentle reflection and endearing charm as well as defiant frivolity. Above all there are stories for every occasion - witty, absurd, momentous, philosophical, fascinating, poignant, and forever entertaining.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Ida Waugh (illustratore). 1st Edition. Red cloth binding with decorative front cover and spine blocked in black and gilt. Spine is faded and a little worn top and tail. Corners of covers are rubbed. Lacks front end paper and the top of page 7/8 which is Chapter I, with loss of two and a half inches by six inches of the top of the page. Also there are 15 pages of adverts at the rear of the book and the top of the first page of the adverts has been cut away. Otherwise the book is clean and bright with all 15 colour illustrations intact. Not common.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Waugh, Ida (illustratore). Copyright 1880. Blue covers. Front cover and spine needs to be reattached. Title page is loose, separate from next 14 pages, also loose. Top 2" of spine is missing. Edge wear. Text very good-, illustrations very good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 272 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 38 cm ; ISBN: 0862837685; 9780862837686 ; LC: DA982 ; similar to OCLC: 34630971 ; "A John Hinde product." ; green cloth with slight edge wear, in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Cork -- Kerry - Limerick -- Clare -- Tipperary -- Waterford -- Kilkenny -- Wexford -- Carlow -- Wicklow -- Kildare -- Dublin -- Meath -- Louth -- Armagh -- Down -- Antrim -- Derry -- Tyrone -- Donegal -- Cavan -- Monaghan -- Leitrim -- Roscommon -- Westmeath -- Laois -- Offaly -- Galway -- Mayo -- Sligo ; large Folio ; FINE/FINE. Book.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand pp. 238.